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TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX Access control Keep bad things from happening to good people, plants and products C ould your plant become a weapon of mass destrucE3500 portable, hand-held device is for non-invasive searchtion? Would a terrorist attack on your site disrupt es of clothing, parcels, containers, vehicles and documents. lthings? How resistant are your operation’s comMaterials access control – Shipment tracking and adputer networks to cyber attack? vanced shipment notification systems help prevent potenAfter 9/11, industry and legislators placed renewed attentially hazardous materials from being intercepted en route. tion on security. Chemical plants, water systems, refineries, With communication standards such as electronic data infood manufacturers, the electrical grid – our economy is rife terchange (EDI) and RosettaNet, you can be notified when with risk. A variety of technologies can help control access shipments are due to arrive at your site. to your plant, materials and information, and mitigate the GSQA’s Global Supplier Quality Assurance requires a risk of becoming an unwitting party to a terrorist event. supplier to enter advanced shipment notification, including Access control – Autoclear and Rapiscan Systems manuwhen the material ships and when it’s expected to be defacture products can stop contraband from livered. The Web application supports the entering your plant and intellectual proprecordkeeping and traceability requirement Tracking and erty from walking out. Metallic, plastic listed in Section 306 of the Bioterrorism and ceramic weapons, explosives, cameras, advanced shipment Act of 2002 by storing shipping informanotification recorders and drugs are among the targets tion and detailed lot data, and providing of these technologies. “where used” lot tracking. systems help The Secure 1000 people-screener by RapWithin the plant, radio-frequency idenprevent potentially iscan Systems uses backscatter image techtification (RFID) can strengthen security nology to reveal objects concealed under or hazardous materials against theft by automating the tracking of from being within clothing. Then, image-processing material pallets as they move from location software reveals explosives, narcotics, ceto location. Manhattan Associates’ RFID intercepted. ramic weapons, metals, powders and slurin a Box is a packaged RFID system that ries. It’s been described as a virtual stripincludes hardware, services and training. search. To address privacy, the image-saving feature can be Cyber access control – While the cyber attack in the disabled, and the company references a study that found 19 movie “Live Free or Die Hard” might be a credibility stretch, out of 20 preferred a Secure 1000 scan to a physical search. the threat of cyber terrorism and information warfare reAutoclear’s CheckGate walkthrough metal detectors and mains an ongoing concern. Internet and computer system HandWand hand-held units use digital signal processing to vulnerabilities are persistent, and companies like Symantec discriminate and locate metals and explosives. The compaare working to minimize the risk. In addition to antivirus, ny’s conveyor-style X-ray scanners with RealClear imaging data and network security solutions, the company offers Syreveals dense items such as guns, knives, bombs and narcotmantec DeepSight Early Warning Services. It provides proics in cargo pallets and containers as well as parcels, mail, active security vulnerability and threat information customlaptops, purses and backpacks. Mailroom-specific units deized to your IT environment, mitigation recommendations tect metallic mail bomb and pipe bomb components. for known and emerging vulnerabilities, impact analyses Scintrex Trace offers products that detect trace amounts and links to security patches. of explosives and narcotics. One example is the VE6000, a drive-through system that detects vehicle-mounted bombs. E-mail Contributing Editor Sheila Kennedy, managing director of It’s automated for continuous operation. The company’s Additive Communications, at Sheila@addcomm.com. For more information, see: www.rapiscansystems.com www.autoclearus.com October 2007 www.scintrextrace.com www.gsqa.com www.PLANTSERVICES.com www.manh.com www.symantec.com 37 http://www.plantservices.com/voices/technology_toolbox.html http://www.rapiscansystems.com http://www.scintrextrace.com http://www.manh.com http://www.autoclearus.com http://www.gsqa.com http://www.symantec.com http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - October 2007 Contents Monetize It Letters Step into the Blogosphere What it Takes to be a Leader Up and Running Crisis Corner What Works From the Summit Treat Them Right Access Control Out of the Woods Show Me, Don't Guess Condition Assessment Made Easy The Air Above the Floor Power to the Prime Movers In the Trenches Illuminating Maintenance

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